Typification and factors associated with violence among the homeless in a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

The scope of the study was to typify the violence suffered by the homeless population and analyze the associated factors in a medium-sized municipality in Minas Gerais. A cross-sectional study was conducted and data about sociode-mographic status, health, risk behaviors and occurrence of violence among the homeless was collected. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to verify the association between ex-posure and outcomes. Of the 85 respondents, the majority were male (75.3%), aged between 40 and 59 years (59.5%), non-white (86.3%), smok-ers (69.4%), alcoholics (80.7%) and drug users (53.6%). The overall prevalence of violence was 62.3%. The types of violence most reported were verbal and physical aggression and threats. Being a woman (OR 42.1; 95%CI 27.8-638.0) and be-ing non-white (OR 9.02; 95%CI 1.33-61.1) were associated with a higher risk of experiencing vi-olence. Having no morbidity (OR 0.14; 95%CI 0.03-0.62) and living on the streets for up to five years (OR 0.17; 95%CI 0.04-0.71) revealed a neg-ative association. It was observed how violence is present in the urban context associated with sex, race, self-reported morbidity and time living on the streets. sofrida e de estudo utilizou ter saude, violencia gistica entre a (86,3%), usuario geral cia e 638,0) de anos associacao encontra-se da